galah
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  • Python package

galah

galah is an interface to biodiversity data hosted by the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA). It enables users to locate and download species occurrence records (observations, specimens, eDNA records, etc.), taxonomic information, or associated media such as images or sounds, and to restrict their queries to particular taxa or locations.

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library(galah)

galah_call() |>
  identify("reptilia", "mammalia") |>
  filter(year > 2019) |>
  group_by(order) |>
  atlas_counts()
# A tibble: 16 × 2
   order             count
   <chr>             <int>
 1 Diprotodontia    615593
 2 Squamata         282331
 3 Rodentia         123451
 4 Peramelemorphia  112907
 5 Testudines       107568
 6 Chiroptera        96121
 7 Carnivora         66753
 8 Monotremata       45086
 9 Dasyuromorphia    43646
10 Artiodactyla      42272
11 Lagomorpha        42115
12 Cetacea           18741
13 Crocodylia        11642
14 Perissodactyla     1827
15 Sirenia             149
16 Notoryctemorphia      1
import galah

galah.atlas_counts(
    taxa = ["reptilia","mammalia"],
    filters = "year>2019",
    group_by = "order"
)

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